Founded in 2000, the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) features world class sailors including America's Cup and Olympic champions, in a global championship series. WMRT is sanctioned with ‘Special Event Status’ by World Sailing, the sport's world governing body. The winner of the WMRT each year is crowned official Match Racing World Champion.
Teams compete in different boats from stage to stage of the World Match Racing Tour, however the boats supplied at each event are identical. Teams rotate boats throughout the event. This way, competing on the WMRT becomes purely about the skill and strategy of the sailors.[1]
As one of only eight officially sanctioned World Sailing ‘Special Events’ – including the America's Cup and The Ocean Race – WMRT is also the longest running global professional sailing series in the sport. Previous Tour Champions include six-time world champion Ian Williams (GBR), Peter Gilmour (AUS), Adam Minoprio (NZL), Phil Robertson (NZL), Taylor Canfield (ISV) and defending Champion Torvar Mirsky from Australia.
The World Match Racing Tour has long been regarded by professional sailors as a pathway to the America's Cup and as an opportunity for teams to hone their match racing skills at the highest level. Since 2000, the WMRT has been a match racing series for monohull match racing, however this was changed in 2015 following the introduction of the M32 multihulls to the Tour. Following the recent change in the America's Cup to foiling monohulls for the 36th edition of the Cup in 2021 in Auckland, it is expected that WMRT will continue to include events in monohulls, multihulls and even foiling boats, starting in 2019.[2]
The World Match Racing Tour in its current format started in the year 2000. However, many of its regattas started earlier, for example the King Edward VII Gold Cup (now known as the Argo Group Gold Cup) in 1937 with American Briggs Cunningham as the first winner.[3]
During the mid-1990s, match racing received greater interest and Fabergé, the cosmetic manufacturer, used the brand Brut to form a match racing series. The series offered US$250,000 of prize money, the highest prize awarded in sailing regattas. To win the big prize – and the Fabergé egg, the competitor had to win three out of five regattas in Bermuda, San Francisco, New York, Lymington and Séte – the Brut Cup.[4]
In 1997, Russell Coutts and his Team Magic won the Fabergé Egg and the US$250,000 prize money. Brut left as a sponsor after that, leaving the match racing series in a state of limbo. Swedish Match took over as sponsor of the match racing series in 1998 and the creation of the Swedish Match Grand Prix Sailing began.[4]
Swedish Match Tour (2000–2006)Edit
In 2000, the Swedish Match Tour (formerly known as the Swedish Match Grand Prix Sailing) was awarded Special Event status by the International Sailing Federation. Bertrand Pacé was the winner of the tour. In 2005, the first Asian event in the match racing circuit – Monsoon Cup – was added and marked the 50th event on the Swedish Match Tour.[4]
M32s in Match Cup Norway 2018.
World Championship (2006–present)Edit
In 2006, following the departure of title sponsor Swedish Match AB, the Swedish Match Tour was renamed to the World Match Racing Tour and gained status as the World Championship in match racing. The Korea Match Cup joined the World Match Racing Tour in 2008. Great Britain's Royal Jeweller's, Garrard & Co created the World Match Racing Tour trophy in 2011. In 2012, ALPARI UK Ltd became the title sponsor of the tour – renaming it as the Alpari World Match Racing Tour.[4]
In 2015, the tour adopted a new format where competitions were grouped into two categories: World Championship events giving more points and World Tour events giving less points in the tour standings.[5] For the 2016 tour, M32 became the equipment used.[6]
SponsorshipEdit
The World Match Racing Tour has been sponsored since 2000. The title sponsorship enables the tour's sponsorship name. There have been two sponsors since the tour's formation.
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External linksEdit
World Match Racing Tour Official Site
Link to BBC H2O interview with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston recorded 15 April 2010
Independent Newspaper article 'All-Australian final at Portimao, Portugal Match Cup' 28 June 2010
CNN Stena Match Cup Sweden video presented by Shirley Robertson 19 August 2010
Travel Places Tour destinations info
Latest 'World Match Racing Tour' Business News
'Boats on TV' coverage of Portimao, Portugal Match Race Cup '10
'World Match Racing Tour' coverage of Danish Open Final '10
Swiss franc shock forces West Ham shirt sponsor Alpari out of business
World Match Racing Tour: Ian Williams of GAC Pindar takes title for a record fifth time
August 30, 2023
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crowned official Match Racing World Champion World Match Racing TourWorld Match Racing TourFormerlySwedish Match TourFirst held2001Typematch racing tourChampionsTorvar Mirsky 2017 Most titlesIan Williams 5 Websitewww wmrt comTeams compete in different boats from stage to stage of the World Match Racing Tour however the boats supplied at each event are identical Teams rotate boats throughout the event This way competing on the WMRT becomes purely about the skill and strategy of the sailors 1 As one of only eight officially sanctioned World Sailing Special Events including the America s Cup and The Ocean Race WMRT is also the longest running global professional sailing series in the sport Previous Tour Champions include six time world champion Ian Williams GBR Peter Gilmour AUS Adam Minoprio NZL Phil Robertson NZL Taylor Canfield ISV and defending Champion Torvar Mirsky from Australia The World Match Racing Tour has long been regarded by professional sailors as a pathway to the America s Cup and as an opportunity for teams to hone their match racing skills at the highest level Since 2000 the WMRT has been a match racing series for monohull match racing however this was changed in 2015 following the introduction of the M32 multihulls to the Tour Following the recent change in the America s Cup to foiling monohulls for the 36th edition of the Cup in 2021 in Auckland it is expected that WMRT will continue to include events in monohulls multihulls and even foiling boats starting in 2019 2 Contents 1 History 1 1 Foundation of the World Match Racing Tour 1 2 Swedish Match Tour 2000 2006 1 3 World Championship 2006 present 2 Sponsorship 3 Winners 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditFoundation of the World Match Racing Tour Edit The World Match Racing Tour in its current format started in the year 2000 However many of its regattas started earlier for example the King Edward VII Gold Cup now known as the Argo Group Gold Cup in 1937 with American Briggs Cunningham as the first winner 3 During the mid 1990s match racing received greater interest and Faberge the cosmetic manufacturer used the brand Brut to form a match racing series The series offered US 250 000 of prize money the highest prize awarded in sailing regattas To win the big prize and the Faberge egg the competitor had to win three out of five regattas in Bermuda San Francisco New York Lymington and Sete the Brut Cup 4 In 1997 Russell Coutts and his Team Magic won the Faberge Egg and the US 250 000 prize money Brut left as a sponsor after that leaving the match racing series in a state of limbo Swedish Match took over as sponsor of the match racing series in 1998 and the creation of the Swedish Match Grand Prix Sailing began 4 Swedish Match Tour 2000 2006 Edit In 2000 the Swedish Match Tour formerly known as the Swedish Match Grand Prix Sailing was awarded Special Event status by the International Sailing Federation Bertrand Pace was the winner of the tour In 2005 the first Asian event in the match racing circuit Monsoon Cup was added and marked the 50th event on the Swedish Match Tour 4 M32s in Match Cup Norway 2018 World Championship 2006 present Edit In 2006 following the departure of title sponsor Swedish Match AB the Swedish Match Tour was renamed to the World Match Racing Tour and gained status as the World Championship in match racing The Korea Match Cup joined the World Match Racing Tour in 2008 Great Britain s Royal Jeweller s Garrard amp Co created the World Match Racing Tour trophy in 2011 In 2012 ALPARI UK Ltd became the title sponsor of the tour renaming it as the Alpari World Match Racing Tour 4 In 2015 the tour adopted a new format where competitions were grouped into two categories World Championship events giving more points and World Tour events giving less points in the tour standings 5 For the 2016 tour M32 became the equipment used 6 Sponsorship EditThe World Match Racing Tour has been sponsored since 2000 The title sponsorship enables the tour s sponsorship name There have been two sponsors since the tour s formation Year Sponsor1998 1999 none Swedish Match Grand Prix Sailing 2000 2006 Swedish Match Swedish Match Tour 2006 2011 No sponsor World Match Racing Tour 2012 2015 Alpari Group Alpari World Match Racing Tour 7 2015 current No sponsor World Match Racing Tour Winners EditYear Winner Team2000 Bertrand Pace FRA Team New Zealand2000 01 Magnus Holmberg SWE Team Stora Enso2001 02 Peter Holmberg USA Oracle BMW Racing2002 03 Jesper Radich DEN Team Radich2003 04 Peter Gilmour AUS Pizza La Sailing Team2004 05 Peter Gilmour AUS Pizza La Sailing Team2005 06 Peter Gilmour AUS Pizza La Sailing Team2006 07 Ian Williams GBR Team Pindar2008 Ian Williams GBR Bahrain Team Pindar2009 Adam Minoprio NZL BlackMatch Racing2010 Ben Ainslie GBR Team Origin2011 Ian Williams GBR Team GAC Pindar2012 Ian Williams GBR GAC Pindar2013 Taylor Canfield ISV USOne2014 Ian Williams GBR GAC Pindar2015 8 Ian Williams GBR GAC Pindar2016 9 Phil Robertson NZL Phil Robertson Racing2017 10 Torvar Mirsky AUS Mirsky Racing Team2019 11 Phil Robertson NZL ChinaOne Ningbo2020 Taylor Canfield USA Stars Stripes Team USA2022 Nick Egnot Johnson NZL Knots Racing NZLSee also EditWomen s International Match Racing Series Wikimedia Commons has media related to World Match Racing Tour References Edit World Match Racing Tour Announce 2011 Prizemoney Yacht Sponsorship Archived from the original on 2010 11 25 Retrieved 2011 02 15 Tour Infomation Archived from the original on 2010 07 10 Retrieved 2010 09 02 http www argogroupgoldcup com race info winners since 1937 a b c d 2014 WMRT Media Pack World Match Racing Tour New world tour format attracts new talent Skunked at World Match Racing Tour gt gt Scuttlebutt Sailing News 3 July 2017 ALPARI BACKS SAILING SERIES Archived from the original on 2013 12 12 Retrieved 2013 12 09 Ian Williams dominates Monsoon Cup to win 6th World Title www sailing org World Sailing 30 January 2016 Retrieved 16 October 2018 ROBERTSON IS CROWNED THE MILLION DOLLAR WORLD CHAMPION www wmrt com World Match Racing Tour 10 July 2016 Retrieved 16 October 2018 TORVAR TOPPLES ROBERTSON TO WIN HIS FIRST WORLD TITLE www wmrt com World Match Racing Tour 29 October 2017 Retrieved 16 October 2018 Phil Robertson wins Match Race Worlds sailingscuttlebutt com ScuttleButt Sailing News 7 July 2019 Retrieved 26 September 2022 External links EditWorld Match Racing Tour Official Site Link to BBC H2O interview with Sir Robin Knox Johnston recorded 15 April 2010 Independent Newspaper article All Australian final at Portimao Portugal Match Cup 28 June 2010 CNN Stena Match Cup Sweden video presented by Shirley Robertson 19 August 2010 Travel Places Tour destinations info Latest World Match Racing Tour Business News Boats on TV coverage of Portimao Portugal Match Race Cup 10 World Match Racing Tour coverage of Danish Open Final 10 Swiss franc shock forces West Ham shirt sponsor Alpari out of business World Match Racing Tour Ian Williams of GAC Pindar takes title for a record fifth time Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title World Match Racing Tour amp oldid 1172113863, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
